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$1bn Taikang Life stake sale "on hold"
Sale of AXA's 16% stake in China's fourth largest life insurer delayed on regulatory concerns, say reports
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Features
On the move
The trend for redomiciliation by (re)insurers continues to grow as companies seek out less complex tax regimes. But which domicile should UK firms go for? The answer is no longer obvious
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Hope on the horizon
Swiss Re’s chief economist, Thomas Hess, has great faith in the insurance sector’s survival instincts. As he tells Ellen Bennett, there is reason for cautious optimism among the gloom
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Global Matters
Equitas wins fight with R&Q
‘Imperfect’ actuarial models assist in practical justice, says judge
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Industry Matters
Diversification: why spreading risk is good
Hugo Crawley welcomes the gradual return to a multi-carrier approach to risk
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Global Matters
QBE bid rumoured for IAG
Insurer previously made and later withdrew an offer for IAG in 2008
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Global Matters
Ariel Re merger talk persists
Emphasis on capital management could make 2010 the year of mergers as speculation continues to surround Bermudian reinsurers
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Industry Matters
The revolution has already begun
There’s no time to waste – reinsurers must stay ahead of their clients as the market gets to grips with handling risk under the new regime
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Q-Re wins Qatar licence
Qatar Financial Centre's first pure reinsurer in business in time for Jan 1 renewals
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Al Fajer Retakaful sees its ratings improve
AM Best says Kuwait-based reinsurer is no longer 'under review'
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Reluctant celebrity
Partner Re’s Patrick Thiele may have just clinched the mega-merger of the year with a $2bn takeover of rival Paris Re, but, as he insists to David Banks, this chief executive is just doing his job
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Hardy and Arig elect board of new joint venture
John Burton chosen as chairman of Hardy Arig Insurance Management
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Transatlantic Holdings issues $350m corporate bond
Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo Securities are bond underwriters